Of the people, By the People, but For Whom? Building Environmental Democracy in India
Written by Sourya Reddy
Another election season is upon us, and the echoes of electoral promises are getting louder and more chaotic. Amidst this “festival...
ZBNF: Will One Size Fit All?
By Vaishnavi Rathore
Zero Budget Natural Farming is a fairly self-explanatory term. An alternative to conventional farming, ZBNF claims to have almost negligible investment in...
Budget 2021: What Does the Wind Sector Need to Meet its 2022 60GW Target?
The Union Budget 2021 is here. Unsurprisingly, the shadow of COVID-19 loomed large over the budget as Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman presented it...
Fighting for the Future: Young Voices in the Climate Change Battle
Photographed & Written by Vaishnavi Rathore
Dusshera is around the corner. In that spirit, on a sunny morning last Friday, a life size Raavan made...
“Ladies First Hai!”: Mahila Mandal’s Fight Against Solid Waste Dumping in Sudher, Himachal Pradesh
In India’s Himachal Pradesh, in the western Himalayas, Anuradha is doubled down into the soils of her farmland in Sudher village, donning a dhattu—the...
The Bastion Dialogues: Dr. Arunabha Ghosh
Dr Arunabha Ghosh (AG), founder-CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), is a prominent figure in the energy and environment development...
The Aravallis are Calling…for Help
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore
Mangar Bani is an ecological hotspot located in the Aravallis between Haryana and Faridabad. The over 600 acre sacred grove is...
Meet Hydrogen, the New Fuel in Town
Imagine owning a car that has zero emissions — except, this one isn’t by a battery-powered electric vehicle. Feels like an unlikely possibility? It’s...
The Hits and Misses of the Pusa Capsule, the Delhi Government’s Solution to Stubble...
As the Delhi Government pushes the Pusa decomposer as a successful alternative to stubble burning, New Delhi's farmers highlight its hits and misses.
What Makes Indore’s Narmada Water Project One of the Costliest in the Country?
As the Indore Municipal Corporation gears up to launch Phase 4 of the Narmada Project, Part 1 of The Bastion’s series highlights why the financial viability of the project begs inspection and an overall rethinking of Indore’s water supply channels.
